The need for an ambulance field hospital for city worker drunks?

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There has been a field hospital set up at Liverpool Street Station to deal with the city workers who are ill from drinking to save he ringing 999 and diverting ambulances from proper emergencies.

It's a great idea to avoid wasting ambulances and Im sure really saves a lot of people from trouble and illness BUT AIBU to think its disgusting that its actually needed? Cant people go out and moderate their drinking? This thing is aimed at grown adults who have been to office parties. Not even young students who dont know any better.

The drinking culture is really disgusting. Why do so many seemingly rational people boast about getting drunk the previous night? Via FB statuses and online forums and whatnot, it's like they're under the impression that they're having a great life if they go out and act like a moron once in a while.

When I lived in Russia for a year, I discovered that if an ambulance was called to an incident with a drunk person, they had to pay for the ambulance....it meant that in temperatures of -30 many people died in the street because their relatives/friends couldn't afford an ambulance. So asking people to pay is probably not the right thing to do, but equally we can't go on as we are.

I do think that there is an immense problem with alcohol abuse in this country - my brother is a doctor and he is shocked by the number of admissions for severe liver problems, but more importantly how young people are - he's seen patients in their young thirties, not their late 50s which is more what you would expect.

I went on my christmas party last week (they flew us to Dublin for it), and admittedly I am pregnant so could only really have a glass and so wasn't in a hugely party mood, but the behaviour was absolutely appalling - we went to a really lovely restaurant, and the younger ones, who were completely plastered by 7pm, ended up throwing food, glasses, and it was like being at the zoo rather than being at a supposedly civilised meal - even the senior partner was blotto and it was all so hideous to witness as a stone cold sober observer! I think that had I been drinking, I wouldn't have got myself in to such a disgusting state that I couldn't string a sentence together or remember when I'd said the same thing 15 times over.....not fun and I don't understand why it's become so socially acceptable to behave in such a manner in public. When one of the other partners asked if I'd enjoyed myself, and I replied in a negative and said that I was embarrassed and apologised to the restaurant staff for the company's behaviour, he said that "we gave them a lot of money for the evening" as if that made it alright

I think it's shameful and disgusting. Anyone who gets paralytic to the point of requiring medical treatment should be left to lie in agony on the street.

I do enjoy a good glass of wine, sometimes getting tipsy and having a laugh.....but ffs..how do grown people find themselves unable to control their drink? AFAIC there is no excuse.

I have zero tolerance for drunks.

Thats interesting about Russia charging for ambulances for alcohol related things.

Maybe the field hospital should charge for their services. Doubt it would cover the costs of setting it up and running it but would be a start.